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Compare 1587 edition: 1 When he per|ceyued that his people multy|plyed in ſuche wiſe, as the cun+trey which was appoynted him by the laſte a|greement, was not able to ſu|ſteyne them, he was lothe to EEBO page image 4 breake the peace whiche he had eſtabliſhed wyth the Spaniards by ſeeking to enlarge the bounds of his dominion with breach of couenaunt: and therefore vnderſtanding that there was an Iſlãd lying north ouer agaynſt Spaine,The Scottes ſeeke newe ſeates. wherein were but fewe Inhabitours, he cauſed all ſuch ſhippes as he was able to make, to bee brought togither into an Hauen neare vnto Brigantia, and com|maunding a great armie of his owne people and ſubiectes to bee aſſembled, he appoynted his two ſonnes whome hee had by his wife Scota, the one named Hyberus, and the other Himecus, to conuey them ouer into that Iſlande, whiche afterwardes they named Hibernia, after Hy|berus, but nowe it is commonly called Ire|lande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots a|riue in IrelandAt their firſt arriuall there, they came into the hauen of Dundalke, where getting a lande, they firſt encamped themſelues neare vnto the ſhore, and then ſente forth certaine of their folkes to ſearch if they could learne what people inhabited in the countrey, by whom at their returne, and by ſuch as they had happened vppon and brought with them, they vnderſtoode howe there was no great number of Inhabitants in that Iſle,Iriſh men liue by milke and hearbes. and that they which dwelled there were verie ſimple, ſuch I meane as liued onely by mylke and hear| [...]es, with other the like things as the earth by na|ture brought forth of hir owne accorde, without mans helpe or vſe of any tyllage.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iriſh men are gently en|treated.Herevpon Hiber with his brother Himecus, went not aboute with force, but by gentleneſſe to wynne thoſe people, mynding to ioyne them in friendſhippe ſo wyth theyr Scottiſhe men, that bothe the people myghte bee made as one.

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